Featured

• Maximizing the Value of Pre-Clinical and Translational Animal Research Models Via Next Generation Standardized Reference Diets: A White Paper from the Laboratory Animal Nutrition Taskforce for an Education and Research Network (LANTERN).
• Differences between Glycemia Estimates from Hemoglobin A1c and Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Their Association with Complete Blood Counts.
• The Role of Transmembrane Proton Transport Rates in Mild Mitochondrial Uncoupling by Arylamide Substituted Fatty Acids.
• Podcast: Causal Inference in Nutrition Science – Daniel Ibsen, PhD.
• Administering Senolytics to Obese Mice Selectively Decreased the Abundance of the Subset of SCs That Is Pro-Inflammatory.

Headline vs Study

• Headline: Can Eating High Fat Cheese and Cream Reduce Dementia Risk, as a New Study Suggests?
• Press Release: Study Links Full-Fat Cheese to Lower Dementia Risk: Full-Fat Cheese and Cream May Have an Unexpected Link to Better Brain Health.
• Study: Self-reported diet and dementia: "owing to the observational nature of the study, potential residual or unmeasured confounding precludes the determination of causation."

Contrary or Null Findings

• RCT: "In the current trial, altering exposure to sweet-tasting foods did not change sweet taste liking, nor other outcomes. These results do not support public health advice to reduce exposure to sweet-tasting foods, independent of other relevant factors such as energy density and food form".
• “We … observed striking effects of different macronutrients on fetal development… Strikingly, metabolic effects were reversed after lactation…”.
• "Contrary to our hypothesis, family resilience failed to emerge as a significant protective factor for OW/OB..."
• RCT: No Significant Effects of Green Tea Extract Supplementation on Inflammatory Cytokines Among Postmenopausal Women with Overweight or Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: "Vitamin D supplementation combined with exercise increases 25(OH)D levels but does not improve body composition more than exercise alone."
• RCT: "There was no difference in energy intake between the two interventions (p=0.65) and no change in bodyweight during either intervention (p>0.40)."
• RCT: "In conclusion, fibers combined with a high-protein diet reduced (peripheral) [insulin sensitivity] and decreased metabolic flexibility compared to placebo. ... Additionally, coadministration of fiber and protein may compromise gut barrier function and inflammatory responses."
• RCT: "Leucine-rich high protein supplementation did not produce significant changes in body composition or muscle function in older adults with sarcopenia."

Basic

• Diet and Temperature Interactively Impact Brown Adipose Tissue Gene Regulation Controlled by DNA Methylation.
• Diet-Induced Steatohepatitis Does Not Cause Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Male Middle-Aged C57BL/6N Mice.
• Pharmacological Inhibition of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 4 Enhances Insulin Sensitivity in Mouse Models of Diabetes and Obesity.
• Myeloid Monoamine Oxidase A Protects Against Glucose Intolerance, Insulin Resistance and Weight Gain in High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice by Preventing the Hyperactivation of Macrophages.

Scientific Rigor & Scholarly Dialogue

• Landmark Glyphosate Paper Retracted Due to Integrity Issues.
• Article: Flaxseed Improves Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Mexican Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial.
• Letter: Conclusions are Not Supported by the Published Statistical Analysis. Comment on López-Toledo et al. Flaxseed Improves Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Mexican Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial.
• Response: Reply to Spitz et al. Conclusions are Not Supported by the Published Statistical Analysis. Comment on “López-Toledo Et Al. Flaxseed Improves Glucose and Lipid Metabolism in Mexican Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes: A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial.”

Clinical

• RCT: An Overnight, 8-Hour Low Oxygen Exposure Increases Energy Expenditure with No Effect on Energy Intake.
• The Effect of Obesity and Aging on NAD+/Sirtuin Metabolism Transcription and DNA Methylation in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for BMI.
• Capturing Metabolic Syndrome: New Thresholds for Insulin Resistance and Novel Body Composition Indices.

Children and Adolescents

• Sex-Specific Longitudinal Associations between Repeatedly Measured Movement Behaviours and Adiposity Measures in School-Aged Children: A Compositional Data Analysis Approach.
• Sweetness Exposure Modulates Brain Networks in Children Responding to Sucrose Solutions: A Functional MRI Study.

Surgery

• RCT: Greater Early Postprandial GLP-1 Increase After Roux-En-Y Than One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass, with Unchanged Secretin.
• Distinct Fasting and Postprandial Bile Acid Responses Following Roux-En-Y and One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass.

Drugs

• Weight Loss with SGLT2 Inhibitors, Semaglutide, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity.
• Meta-Analysis of RCTs: The Effect of Olanzapine on Lipid Profiles in Humans.

Food & Diet

• "How GLP-1 Medication Adoption is Changing Consumer Food Demand" - Study linking reported medication adoption and food transaction data.
• Dietary Magnesium and Calcium Intake in Relation to Metabolic Health Status in Iranian Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity.
• Associations of Fructose Consumption with Prevalence and Incidence of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD).
• Benefits of Increased Dietary Diversity Depend on Food Group and Diversity Dimension: A Microsimulation Modeling Study.

Caloric and Dietary Restriction

• Influence of Caloric Restriction History, Intermittent Exposure to Palatable Food and Sex in a Binge Eating Model in C57BL/6J Mice.
• Comparative Effects of Intermittent Fasting and Calorie Restriction on Cardiovascular Health in Adults with Overweight or Obesity.
• Nitric Oxide Required for Transition to Slower Hepatic Protein Synthesis Rates During Long-Term Caloric Restriction.

Exercise & Physical Activity

• The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in the Relationship of Obesity and Physical Activity Among Adult Females.
• RCT: Muscle Recovery and Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Following Damaging Exercise with Recombinant Bovine β-Lactoglobulin, Dairy-Derived Whey or Carbohydrate Supplementation in Young Healthy Adults.

Economics & Sociology

• Effects of Education Level on Hypertension, Diabetes, and Dyslipidemia Among Residents in Hezhang County.
• Early Life Socioeconomic Status and Risk of Overweight and Obesity Across Childhood and Adolescence in Four Low and Middle Income Countries.
• Spatial Divergence between Self-Rated Health and BMI in China: Exploring the Role of Economic Status Using China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) 2016 and 2020.
• Experiences of Recent Weight-Management Attempts: Insights from a Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Epidemiology

• Increasing Obesity Rates Worldwide from 1976 to 2016: The Obesity Epidemic.
• Age-Specific Effects of Screen Time on Overweight/Obesity: A Structural Equation Model of Children and Adolescents in Western Maharashtra, India.
• Food and Physical Activity Environments and Their Impacts on Diabesity in South India Adults.

Psychology & Neuroscience

• Nutritional Status, Emotional Eating Status and Metabolic Control According to Food Addiction in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Eating Behaviours, Stress, and Memory Consolidation in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Stress in Abdominal Obesity.
• ‘It Shows Me Mental Health Things … and Keeps Spamming Diets’: A Qualitative, Spatial Perspective on How People with Eating Disorders Experience Algorithms Shaping Their Movement Across Social Media.

Differential Population Circumstances, Exposures, Outcomes, and Effects

• Modern Diets, Metabolic Inequity, and Race-Ethnic Disparities: Unraveling the Associations with MASLD and Cancer Risk.
• RCT: Impact of Free Summer Day Camp on Physical Activity Behaviors and Screentime of Elementary-Age Children from Low-Income Households.
• Self-Efficacy Is Associated with Health Behaviors Related to Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among Hispanic/Latinx and Somali Immigrants to the United States.
• Intersectional Inequality in General and Central Obesity.

Stigma

• Framing Obesity: The Role of the Research System in Perpetuating or Challenging Weight Stigma.
• Relationship between Patient Activation, Experienced Stigma, and Internalised Weight Stigma in People with Type 2 Diabetes.

Policy Related

• Commentary: From Policy to Plate: Implications of 2025 U.S. Federal Policy Changes on School Meals.
• Commentary: The Design and Impact of Teaching Kitchens and Hands-On Cooking Strategies on Diverse Populations: Increasing Evidence of Positive Effects and Proposed Future Directions.
• The Lancet Commission on Improving Population Health Post-COVID-19.
• RCT: Food Compass Score vs FDA Healthy Labeling and Consumer Purchases.
• Universal School Meal Policies and Perceived Stigma: Quantitative Evidence from Eight US States.
• Examining the Role of School Food Gardens, Food Waste Systems and Cooking Facilities in Experiential Education: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Primary School Teachers’ Practices.
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in India: Price Elasticity, Affordability, and Taxation.

Intergenerational Effects

• Lipid Pathways Connecting Maternal BMI with Infant Obesity Risk.
• Maternal Nutrition, Toxicants, and Epigenetic Programming of Obesity Across Generations.
• Parental Sodium Benzoate Diet Induces Fat Accumulation in Offspring Via Histone H3K9me3 and SKN-1/Nrf2.
• Monogenic Obesity Due to MC4R Deficiency: Lessons from a Multigenerational Case.

Ecology, Evolution, & Energetics

• Interspecific Competition Reduces Energy Expenditure by Decreasing Intragroup Conflict in a Social Burying Beetle.
• Honey Bee Food Resources Under Threat from Climate Change.

Methods

• A Prediction Model for Childhood Obesity Risk Based on Maternal Thyroid Status and Related Parameters Using Machine Learning: A Mother-Newborn-Offspring Study in a Mild-To-Moderate Iodine Deficiency Area.
• A Machine Learning-Derived Polygenic Risk Score Reveals That Healthy Lifestyle Counteracts Obesity-Related Mortality.
• Body Composition Measures Assessed by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in a Sample of Brazilian Adults and Older Adults.
• Dietary Protein Source Shapes Gut Microbial Structure and Predicted Functional Potential: A Systematic Integrative Re-Analysis Using Machine Learning.
• Cluster Minimal Sufficient Balance (CMSB): An Efficient Covariate Balancing Randomization Method for Cluster Randomized Trials.

Commentary

• Eliminate the in Vivo Digestibility Requirement for Protein Content Claims in North America to Align Consumer Purchasing Behavior with Dietary Guidelines.
• Depression Links to Chronic Headaches Through Weight and Diet, Not Physical Activity Alone.
• Podcast: "Is Protein's Appetite-Suppressing Power Overstated?"
• “Researchers Discover Enzyme That Could Lead to New Obesity Treatment …an Enzyme Called SCoR2 That Removes Nitric Oxide from Proteins That Control Fat Buildup in the Body.”.
• Maternal Caffeine Consumption and Pregnancy Outcomes.
• A Natural Experiment Restricting Non-Nutritious Foods in SNAP.
• Podcast: Are We Sure About Fluoride?
• BMI and Anthropometric Criteria to Assess Obesity.

General

• Efficacy of Antioxidant Supplementation in Alleviating Endometriosis-Related Pain: Insights from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of RCTs.
• Responses of Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) to Deceased Infants.
• A Mathematical Solution for Precise Control of Cellular “Noise”.
• The Validity of Blue Zones Demography: A Response to Critiques.
• Blood Stem Cell Mutations May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease.
• Some of Your Cells are Not Genetically Yours - What Can They Tell Us About Life and Death?
• Mitochondria May Be Missing Link between Mental Health and Brain Function.
• A National Institute on Aging Workshop on the Long-Term Effects of Pregnancy on Aging.

Announcements

• 2026 NIH Obesity Research Task Force Virtual Symposium: Present and Future of Obesity Medical Education in the United States - March 4, 2026, 1:00-3:30 EST.
• Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Training Program USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
• "Todd Rosengart, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine ... named a Fellow of the NAI."
• Webinar: Dynamic Metabolic Testing Insights in Elite Athletes and Tactical Performance January 21, 2026 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM.